Protects employee rights to ownership and usage of employee inventions developed entirely on employee's own time and without using employer's resources.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2016
Committee Review
Nov 2017
General Assembly Passage
Jan 2018
Senate Passage
Dec 2017
Governor
Introduced Jan 27, 2016
Last action Jan 8, 2018
Floor votes · General Assembly Nov 21, 2016
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
6
Committee
3
Jan 8, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (70-0-0)
legislature
Dec 18, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Passed Senate (35-0)
legislature
Nov 30, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
legislature
Dec 5, 2016
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee
legislature
Nov 21, 2016
General Assembly · Passed
General Assembly Vote: pass (68-0-7)
general assembly
Nov 21, 2016
Legislature · Passed
Passed Assembly (72-0-0)
legislature
Oct 13, 2016
Legislature · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
legislature
Jan 27, 2016
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee
legislature
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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